The Man Who Created King Kong Just Really Liked Gorillas (Self-Reflection on the Fact Fiend Format)

Everyone has heard of Kong: the gigantic ape whose story has been remastered, rebooted and parodied more times than can be counted. What is less known, however, is that Kong is so prevalent in today's media because, simply, one guy really liked gorillas.
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Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
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The Simpsons (1989 - present)
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Starts video with King Kong Somehow derails into robot dinosaurs and electric jizz THIS IS THE QUALITY CONTENT IVE COME TO WATCH

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Wow crap this is the most likes I’ve ever gotten on a comment. Thank you everyone!

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*cum to watch

[@cameronsmith5968]

There was a King Kong V Godzilla made in the 60s. Cooper was still alive then, getting his rock on.

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I wish he was still alive so he can see the remake

[@danhjnny]

It’s only when you imagine a gorilla at the gym that you realise we’ve never seen one at full potential...

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@@theallaroundnerd9889 i see you are a man of culture as well

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danhjnny dont stop there, teach it boxing, jujutsu and a bunch of other disciplines

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Big Rogan energy

[@sirstriped5233]

@@professorwikipedia2115 Then have it awaken it's 3rd eye with DMT and Mushrooms.

[@unterdessen8822]

Did you know, that King Kong fighting airplanes on top of a skyscraper is based on an enraged Spanish architect? The Spanish writer Eduardo Mendoza i Garriga explained in his 1986 novel "La Ciudad de los Prodigios" ("The City of Miracles"), that Barcelona had a huge problem at the beginning of the 20th century: There was no prominent river and therefore there were no large bridges in the city, so early pilots could not fly batshit crazy maneuvers. They saw this as a highly unfair disadvantage, comparing their situation to the privileged inhabitants of other big European cities of that time. English pilots dove away under the Thames' bridges all the time. So... the Spanish came up with a really insane stunt, to make up for their lack of a decent playground: They would fly straight towards the towers of the Sagrada Familia cathedral, which Antoni Gaudí was working on at that time, tilted their planes around 90 degrees and flew sideways through the (narrow) space between two towers. Gaudí hated this, and there are reports about him jumping up and down on the roof of the unfinished cathedral, shaking his fists, shouting at the asshole pilots and even trying to grab them, because they came really close and he feared for his masterpiece. Gaudí is King Kong on the Empire State Building.

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I'm disappointed that you didn't put in the clip where King kong jams a tree into Godzilla's mouth

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Eat your veggies, kids, or Kong will shove them down your throat

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"Chimps and tea" kinda sounds like "chimpanzee". Probably coincidental, but made me laugh a bit

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Chimpantea

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I always thought it was because we would think chimps would speak with an English accent. Because they are intelligent and most people associate intellectuals with posh British people or high class brits.

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An adult gorilla can eat 18-20 kg of food everyday

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About the last point in this video, Wether or not you plan jokes and such: I don't know if this example is in the category that you mentioned where you improvised it, screwed up, and then redid it but i remember you guys had one joke where you made a ridiculously long wordplay-string (the same kind as Will Smith working as a smith in a smith while smithing a Will Smith smith, because he smith as well thansk to his name) in a video where it was obviously planned. Enjoyed it quite a lot nonetheless. Just thought i'd bring it up. Love the content, guys.

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they already have that , go to Karl's youtube channel

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Pewdiepie seems to give his editors 100% creative control and Rhett & Link talk to their producers behind the camera but idk if anyone does both with their editor behind the camera

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[@johnkongphooey3629]

Would a live streamed drinky video be possible because that would be hilarious.

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I am extremely excited about Godzilla vs Kong, and really hoping it's not the last Godzilla movie for this design

I am wondering now. Why does the video's have to always be funny?

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Best ending for a Fact Fiend video ever!

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Id love for you guys to do less edited down footage, your raw videos are quite good. Hearing your unfiltered banter is quite fun to watch.

[@IAmAndrew1]

You guys ever see the King Kong rip off movie where a human sized gorilla jumps on top of buildings and plays baseball (I think). It's called King Kung Foo and I love it!

[@AlastorTheRadioDemom]

also can we just appreciate opening a JD bottle one handed

[@georgebritten2111]

The 2 shows I can think of that are similar in style is citation needed and Matt and Tom on a park bench. Both have that generally quite relaxed unplanned feel. That being said this show is pretty unique and thankfully doesn't have that fake informal feel and look that most shows have.

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You guys should do podcasts!!!

[@md-vq8sp]

Chimp's tea party was a thing in the early 20th century. Where people dress up chimps in zoos and throw them a tea party. In london zoo this happened up until the 70s.

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Oh shit I didn't even know y'all were inspired by today I found out so yeah I'd say y'all aren't comparable That's like y'all inspired me to try and get a podcast going but we just do comics and movies and shit like that but idk how scripted I want it to be random tangent there but given the page lol

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I know no other channel like yours. You are more fun, like horrible histories sans the Gore.

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I think you'll enjoy Lindsey Ellis video essay on "Manufacturing Authenticity on YT" she talks about other KZbinrs using similar format to yours and how they differ and how they change the video from just being something formal "how to" to somthing like a couple of just friends having a banter to create a video

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Thank you Karl, I watched the ending to Tammy and the Trex years ago on cable, and thought "what the fuck is this?" and for years I would tell people about this movie but since I didn't know the name, people didn't believe me that this was a real movie. lol

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honestly i wathc these vidoes for back ground noises and facts this is my equlievetn to a tv show

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The IP in "RIP" means In Peace. You just said Rest In Peace In Peace.

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SMH my head

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Would've been crazy if they made a joke about that.

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I really love this format! Unfortunately seems a bit short sometimes

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you guys should check out the 1962 film King Kong vs Godzilla, very interesting film pitting the two together.

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I don't know of any youtube channel that have a similar style. Mostly improvised discussions with little editing relying on the chemistry of the people involved is something you mostly see on talk radio and in podcasts. Video-wise, talkshows and interviews are the only examples that I can see relying on a similar formula.

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